I want to say
no amount of plastic is acceptable and throw away what I have, then wait for a vendor to make cleaner products. I know the answer is brew my own but I don't have the time for that and can't prioritize it over other responsibilities I have right now.
The throw away comment may sound dramatic but it's frustrating to have spent all this money and to have to question, or know for a fact, that I am injecting one-tenth to half-a-ml of plastic or whatever, per vial.
...speaking of priorities I recall people talking about rather not having the price go up by a buck or two per vial to upgrade the equipment to non-leeching plastic. Seems absolutely insane (to me) to not want an improvement for such a low cost. I'd pay an additional $10 per vial no problem for the right stoppers, filters, etc.
and the testing.
It's been said before but if you don't want that product at the slightly increased price point go buy from the dozens of existing vendors or just buy chinese if you don't care. Why try to impede progress of there being one or two vendors who separate themselves from the pack.
Call it "boutique" or 'bougie" but count me in.
These results make me think about recent findings of cadavers and finding microplastics in their testicles. I'd hate to see the results of a multi year/decade steroid user.
Super happy to see people like
@Photon and
@readalot and others pushing for improvement (I donated to the specialized fund for what it's worth and props to Primal as well for his efforts) but also bummed to see them taking a step back in their testing roles. Totally understandable because their efforts often go unnoticed or worse people talk shit to them. A good example is when the tren color results came back. People saying shit like "oh look it didn't prove what you wanted"...it's like fuck you! You wouldn't know that without them doing the damn testing!!! A person may want the testing to confirm suspicions but you don't know anything without the results...even if they don't go in your favor...and that is great because at least we KNOW something.
Ugh...I often see so much pushback on here and I commend the other guys for being able to deal with it much better than I would.
I hope further product improvements are made for the sake of harm reduction and again I'm thankful for all the guys pushing for it.